Metallic couch-bed



(No Model.)

' P. H. MEL LON.

METALLIC COUCH BED.

No 579,402. Patented Mar. 23, 1897.

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PETER H. MELLON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

METALLEC COUCl-h-BEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,402, dated March 23, 1897.

I Application filed October 7, 1896. Serial No. 608,138. (No model.)

To rt-ZZ whom, it Inf/,7 concern..-

Be it known that 1', PETER H. MELLoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Couch-Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,formin g a part of this spccification.

My invention relates to an improvement in metallic couch or sofa beds having the bedframe and corner-pieces so constructed as to permit the stretching of a Woven-wire spring fabric at an elevation above the longitudinal side rails of the frame, so as to form a yielding unobstructed edge when the bed is used as a seat or sofa. It is adapted to be used for either single or folding beds.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l illustrates in perspective my improvement, the woven wire spring fabric being omitted. Fig. II illustrates, also in perspective, the bed opened, affording a view of the Wovenwire spring fabric.

1 l are the legs of the couch or bed. They are made with shoulders 2 2, on which rest the lengthwise or longitudinal angle-rails 3 3.

These angle-rails are connected by cross pieces or slats 4.

5 5 are elongations of the legs 1, raising that portion of the bed to which the spring fabric is secured to a distance above the slats 4 approximately the thickness of the mattress.

6 are end cross-pieces secured to the tops of the parts 5. No longitudinal orlengthwise piece is used.

7 is a woven-wire spring fabric, the ends of which are secured to the cross-pieces 6. It

will be observed that the spring fabric is thus swung on the principle of a hammock, free to yield to any weight or pressure on the sides,

being supported at the ends, and with no uncomfortable obstructing side frame.

8 is theornamental back to the couch. In case adouble bed is desired the end pieces 6 are double, being hinged at 9, and the upper portion folds over, utilizing the back 8 for a support to the turned-over part.

10 is a head-piece which maybe used, l1aving pins 11 adapted to be inserted in eyes 12 to support the same.

The corner-pieces5, it will be seen, are formed so that the rails 6 may be attached thereto withoutforming the continuous rectangular frame previously used; but at the same time the lengthwise pieces 3, placed on the lower plane, afford rigidity and strength. This is further rendered possible by the legs 1 and the parts 5 being-integral.

The light bands 4, stretched from rails 3 to 3, afford a shelf for pillows, pillow-guard or head-piece, and bedding While the bed is used as a seat. The construction supposes the use of a removable pad mattress. One of the surfaces of the mattress is upholstered to form a finished cushion-seat and is placed above the wire fabric and draped to cover the rails 3. It thus forms an attractive couch.

I claim as my invention A metallic couch bed comprising legs formed integral with horizontal shoulders and elongations above the shoulders, the longitudinal an gle-rails having their ends resting 011 the horizontal shoulders, the cross-slats connecting the longitudinal angle -rails, the cross-pieces secured to the tops of the elongations and the woven-wire spring fabric secured to the cross-pieces substantially as described.

PETER H. MELLON.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, N. FINLEY; 

